Killing Osama: A Celebration of Confusion

As everyone in the entire world knows, President Obama took to the airwaves last night to announce that elite covert forces of the U.S. Military successfully killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

Heralded as a victory for the Country, what really permeated the speech was that it was a victory for Obama. A man who needed a victory. A man who needed a win to help him win. It was a win-win. Or was it?

President Obama: Today, AT MY DIRECTION, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.” (emphasis added)

Almost immediately after the announcement of an impending announcement (it took over 2 hours for the President to actually speak after stations cut away to news desks) about the death of bin Laden, people began to gather in front of the White House to celebrate. Carrying Obama posters and waving giant American flags that I guess they just happened to have on them, the crowd celebrated into the wee hours of the morning. A similar crowd gathered at Ground Zero in New York City. In fact, celebratory gatherings could be seen assembling all across the States. Even in my tiny neck of the woods, there were fireworks coming from somewhere in the direction of the National Guard base. Yes, it was truly a time to celebrate. Ding Dong, the terrorist is dead.

Remarkably, in an incomprehensible twist of fate (or an ingenious orchestration of timing), the news of bin Laden’s death came 66 years to the day of the announcement of Hitler’s death in Germany.

Left: President Obama’s full speech to the Nation.

I wasn’t cheering. I wasn’t even excited. I was nervous. Because I knew that there was something really fishy about what was unfolding before my eyes. Something was definitely askew, and no one on TV was saying so. Not that we should ever expect the corporate sponsored mainstream media to tell it like it is mind you, but… I felt like I was watching a movie.. and that the climax hadn’t happened yet. I had plenty of questions. But, was I the only one?

Today, my brother was standing in line at the DMV. As always, it was a big line with a diverse group of individuals attempting patience in the face of a long and arduous wait. A television was on. Some talking head was discussing the glorious victory of Obama over Osama. An elderly woman turned around and said, “Does anyone else think that this is a load of B.S.?”

As the line slowly came to life, a chorus of voices began expressing their skepticism over what had just transpired. Statement like these were being echoed across the room… “I thought he was already dead.” “Boy, this is convenient timing.” “A burial at sea the same day he was killed? Now THAT is hard to believe.” Etc…etc…etc. I guess I wasn’t the only one asking questions.

This afternoon, I drove to a filling station to buy some overpriced gasoline for the car and aspartame filled Diet Coke for me. A truly American cocktail. As I waited to pay for my gas and pop, I overheard a man and woman talking. “Something about this bin Laden thing just doesn’t make sense,” said the man. “I know!” the woman replied, “I think they’re messing with our heads to prepare us for something really bad.”

So what do I think? To be honest, I have no idea what’s going on. But if I had to venture a guess, I’d say that Osama bin Laden has been long deceased. Probably for years. The news of his death was kept secret, to be paraded out at a future date when it was truly needed. That time ended up being now, when we’re trying to justify continuing the old wars and starting some new ones, while our President’s approval ratings have been chillin’ below 50% for quite some time, and as a new election cycle is creeping ever closer. Obama needed a victory. If he could become the champion of a previously unknown to the public battle of Obama vs. Osama, it would surely garner him some votes.

http://www.nnw.org/augmentin-headache/With last week’s announcement of Obama’s birth certificate being released (a honeypot meant to distract the public with irrelevant debate while simultaneously shedding a sympathetic light on Barack Obama) and now this news of bin Laden’s death…. I just feel like it is too convenient to be coincidence. I’m no journalist, but then, neither are any of the reporters on the major news networks.

I’m just a girl, with a functioning brain, who used basic logic to come to the conclusion that something is rotten in this state of affairs, and I’m not alone. The burial at sea bit sealed the deal for me. Really? You REALLY want us to believe that it is perfectly normal to kill the world’s most wanted terrorist, put him on a ship, and then dump him overboard.. all in the same day… leaving the DNA evidence that you claim to have positively identified as something we simply need to take your word for? How do you KNOW that’s his DNA? Oh, that’s right. Because it postively matched a sample you took from his sister. Which we also just have to take your word for, because she’s also dead.

As the fanfare continues from news desk to news desk, and the media continues to laud Obama for his bravery and strength of character, I remain entirely unconvinced. Not to mention my uneasiness with this celebration of death. I feel that normally a person’s death, despite the magnitude of his evil deeds, is a somber occasion.. never welcomed. I cannot relate to Pres. Obama’s statement, “His demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace, and human dignity.” Something just seems…. wrong about that. Maybe it’s just me. How about you?

A friend of mine posted a photoshopped image of the Statue of Liberty holding Bin Laden’s head. This will probably become a country music album cover. The festivities are a bit disturbing and I am also of the feeling something else is coming up.

A colleague from days gone by referred this site to me but I won’t be subscribing.

Leave it out people. OBL got his due and all honor goes to those who planned and executed the raid. When I heard I made two predictions. The first was that before the day was out, there would be prominent Western figures decrying/condemning assassination and secondly, someone would set the hare running with conspiracy theories that it wasn’t OBL. The first prediction came true in less than 5 hours, with grossly inflated egos talking about Obama being a war criminal etc. But this was not an assassination – it was selective removal of a person who is not/was not a head of state but a former ally gone rogue and declaring war on the West in 1996.

So we have photoshop to ‘display’ the corpse. I have too much respect for the US armed forces to believe they would be complicit in a massive deception. The DNA matches were made and I have no doubt more evidence will be forthcoming in the next few days. I oppose putting the photos on the Internet because it would assist jihadists.

Lastly, the US government over the past few years has hung on to some secrets and operations, notwithstanding the efforts of Pfc Manning and WikiLeaks. The first was a 10-year operation against Russian SVR illegals and the second took out OBL. The pictures of those watching the end, via helmet-cam, reveal a whole range of emotions – look at them.

For the sniveling political left that prates endlessly about justice and due process, try telling the relatives and survivors of 9/11 that it wasn’t real as some conspiracy sites suggest or that the CIA and Mossad with assistance from Steven Spielberg duped the world.

Osama bin Laden was a terrorist and a totemic figure. Removing him was a just cause but don’t think for one minute this will lessen terrorism – the worst has yet to come.

And if 30+ years in intelligence count for anything, especially these days, it is the power of the electronic media to distort the truth and tear down people. You’re all well-practiced at this exercise.

God bless America because you will surely need all the help you can get.

Your YouTube had a scintilla of truth and sincerity that was compelling if erroneous. Bin Laden declared war on the West after being armed to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. The was a a war against the infidel – the ‘Great Satan – the US and allies’ and the lesser ‘Satan’ – Israel. Would the idiot who prepared the YouTube identify himself? I guess not but it has the hallmarks of certain other websites.

We survived the Cold War and that nearly turned hot on numerous occasions – I plead the Fifth on that because I’ve signed the papers. Bringing the troops home is laudable but the job must be finished. The US preached globalization and we’ve got it so you export your industries, import cheap labor and with them comes a Fifth Column, that the fools who run your administration refuse to accept is an enemy bent on Islamization of the West. Bring the boys home and then you can fight in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and so on.

For goodness sake spare us simple nostrums about how long it took to nail bin Laden – longer and costlier than to put men on the moon. The death toll since 9/11 in no way compares with the systematic slaughter carried out by communists but that’s an inconvenient fact if you’re blinded by self-hatred and narcissism. So the crowds cheered and partied – good for them. They haven’t had too much to celebrate in recent years.

Living ‘across the pond’ I admit to being shocked at the celebrations. Please don’t misunderstand me, I fully understand how angry and bitter people must feel after 9/11. especially if they lost family or a loved one, but to celebrate another beings death is just not right for me. Celebrate if it ends terrorism – absolutely, but Bin Laden’s death doesn’t do that – in some ways it makes the threat of terrorism worse, so hardly reason to celebrate in my opinion.

From a UK viewpoint, I personally feel Bin Laden had been dead for several months, but the news held back until intelligence sources were 100% certain (I think a former terrorist probably confirmed this to the CIA or similar, or calls were intercepted confirming it) then to look good and to quiet any growing concerns about forces still being in Iraq, Afghanistan and now taking action in Libya the announcement was made that it had been a military operation, not as it possibly was, due to natural causes (Bin Laden’s health has been poor for a long time if I read correctly).

I guess we will never know the exact truth, but again, just my opinion, the news has only increased the terrorism threat and lets hope that any planned revenge attacks are found and crushed before they happen.